The Meeker herald., 1887-09-03
srooK AND RANGE NEWS.


w. II. Lorlng, of tho LO7. started
wednesday to round up bunch of beef.
The cowman feels juhIlant over the
slight rise In beef and the prospect for
II siil! greater rise.
a number of horses are reported mis-
sing itom the vicinity Of town. Have
the ''rus,lers' been aroundy
Toney Chrisson left In the early part
of the week for Utah where ho will
purchase . bunch ot horses.
+. l.. kimball, OF Bear river, got In
last week with Il bunch OF 600 head Of
young heifers. Mr.. kimb,ll bought.
near Greeley, Colo.
"ehoiicc that persons reporting stock
missing are those who have neglected
To advertise their brands in Tn. HER.
AID. This Is quite natural. The rust
Ter" does not want to handle any horse
flesh that is known on the outside.
Of Young stee,sS few days ago to ,aAsi
the place OF a like number of threc's
and four's turned on by Mr.. Flemmlng
during the spring. Mr.. +. purchased in
the noighborhood Of Greeley, Colo.
Secretary lirasher. assisted By Presi-
dent Price. got out u circular giving the
brands Of the White River Stock Grow
crs' association, and sent II out Ia every
town. pOs,oiiice and point throughout
,lc West where horse thieves were
liable 10 dispose OF stolen stock.
The "Eusliersn have shown marked
respect 10 the Association horses. II
this class of gentry have any regard for
their own future welfare I oy will not
monkey with the Association stock.
The brands ol the Association ar. ton
well advertised 10 make 1t safe enter
Prise To ny to run on any of thclr stock.
II will 20 hard with tie rustlrr that is
caught haElng horses OF this range.
Chicago dispatch says II is assumed
In many quarters lin that city that u
beef famine is not Tar away. Estimates
~ To th. destruction In the Northwest
last winter aru that In Montana the
losses were about iuI co head, In Idaho
about iO0.ODI. In Wyoming about So1,-
600. and la Colorado about 600, OF
about 5000 head in all. During the
summer, un account Of III. cSc-ssly.
drouih. II Is estimated that the losses In
the lc.i.ppsiucing States sWcllci the
, total to i.sn1.pJ bcrycs. Bu, this ii
not the main fact which Indicate, a
future famine. IL Is now known Thai
from ~ to Is per cent. less calves were
born this spring than Is usual. owing "a
climatic causes. which must have iis cl'
feet Ia time. To ,his must b- added
the iart that the cattle prudue.fs have
been ru,hin. their surviving stock on
W. nsa.Ast ~ -. ..'s'ss.l IAls. AZ.
ranehmcu arc discouraged and ar- 81
! Ing uui OF business. Great un.asin.t.
! su, Il M never before characterized III
cattle business. ~ manifest III businrs
= circles. The prcluccf inds not u iu.la
profit. aud NOR. often heavy losses
charged against his account. III. mar
k., price las often been lower on &C
c,nnt of the glut. iog In Chicago alon.
7 over 1900 head 81 cattle have beet
thrust ou the market duT.I: the las
thirty iays. The consumer. however
gets his beef no cheaper b.ci.us, ili'
producer sells 1t for NJ little. 1t Is hiHi.,
that tie profit goes 10 the dressed beet
I monopoly. who lash 10th sides, the pro
duccr ani consumer alike. On every
bullock there j. profit ol so to III,
MONOPOLY. and either los, or an even
thing for the producer. The consumer
T pays the monopoly the extra $40.
The san frauciaco Bulletin says tn,
great plateau between tile Rocky noun
tnins aud the sicrTas. comprising til,
territory Of Utah aud the State OF
Nevada, l, apparently destined to hc
cumr the greatest cattle range In the
: country. Already Immense tracts ..
; land, some embracing 2jO..op acrrs
haze h,cn purchased. aud owners OF
+ large herds ia Texas and ON southwestern
= ranges are looking for ranges On this
J wide section of natural pasture land
: The pressure of settlers who wish Ia en-
! gage In agriculture and found hum-s
; on the great fertile plains Of the Yves,
! aud south has been ,o crowd ont the cat
: tie kings, who have for years monupnl'
izcd the states which are by nature bet
) ter fitted for the raising ol crops than
the pasturage of hcrls. Thus there has
been a hu.iIa OF cl,ilcmcn towards the
west. which bids fair to materially aid
in the development of those great sec
,tuus uf uie country taar nave hitherto
. been lett almost exclusively In the hands
of the Indians aud pcripaiciic gold hun
. rfs. This movement Of stockmrn To-
ward the West is a matter OF consider
able importance 10 the people OF the
Coast. fnF the region that will be aP
propria,cd hy them is by nature tribu
tnry TO California. which should be
r benefited by the establishment of great
moncycd interests in locality ioon
which up to this time little bencil, com
parei with the extent Of country has
bccn derived. The cattlemcn are ais
the precursors Of the husbnudman. who
when a country has become TO some eN
. tent settled. would readily geek in IL op
por,unitics for agriculture; aud It MAJ
: bc confidently expected that there viii
before MANY years are passed, be mor'
, agricultural land discovered In ttal
and Nevada than ing been believed 4
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